ESA's Solar Orbiter

@ESASolarOrbiter

ESA's next generation #Sun explorer, launched on 9/10 February 2020 to study #TheSunUpClose ☀️ #WeAreAllSolarOrbiters

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esa.int/solarorbiter/

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ESA's Solar Orbiter
@ESASolarOrbiter
Feb 11, 2025
💫🎉 Behind every successful ESA space mission, there is a woman. Behind Solar Orbiter, there are more than a hundred of them! Yesterday, we celebrated our 5th launch anniversary - Join us today in celebrating these women who make our mission a success, on international day of
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ESA's Solar Orbiter
@ESASolarOrbiter
Jun 18, 2024
In the last month, #SolarOrbiter has been on 🐙monster-hunting duty. 💥While hiding from Earth's view, the active sunspot region AR3664 has produced more X-class (the highest category) solar flares, insanely energetic solar particles, and humongous coronal mass
ESA Science
@esascience
Jun 18, 2024
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👀Seeing double?👀 No, you’re just seeing 🌞 ESA’s Proba-2 satellite filming the Sun’s front, and ☀️@ESASolarOrbiter filming the Sun’s back Good thing, too, otherwise we would have missed the largest flare of the current solar cycle (class X12)! 💥 More👉esa.int/Science_Explor…
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ESA's Solar Orbiter
@ESASolarOrbiter
May 28, 2024
A #SolarOrbiter success story! A key mission goal was to link the solar wind detected around the spacecraft back to its source regions on the Sun. A new paper, using data taken during our first close approach to the Sun, confirms that it's possible. More👉esa.int/Science_Explor…
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ESA's Solar Orbiter
@ESASolarOrbiter
May 27, 2024
What a blast! 💥 On 21 May #SolarOrbiter witnessed one of the biggest solar outbursts in the last 30 years. Various instruments detected a MASSIVE solar flare (estimated class X12) accompanied by a big burst of particles coming from the active region visible in the centre of
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ESA's Solar Orbiter
@ESASolarOrbiter
May 7, 2024
🚨 We are launching the ESA Science Newsletter! It serves the scientific community and welcomes everyone interested in more programmatic and technical news from the Directorate of Science. More info & subscription link here 👉 cosmos.esa.int/web/scinews
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